The Slums of Rauf

Obviously these women are anti-Muslim bigots. Meanwhile, Mikey Bloomberg's best friend, who's living off our dime while traveling the Middle East, can't really deny he's nuts.

"In a true peace it is impossible that a purely Jewish state of Palestine can endure. . . . In a true peace, Israel will, in our lifetimes, become one more Arab country, with a Jewish minority."

Two years later, the imam weighed in on the Iranian revolution. In a February 27, 1979 letter, in which he scores Americans for failing to apologize to Iran for past misdeeds, he wrote, "The revolution in Iran was inspired by the very principles of individual rights and freedom that Americans ardently believe in."

Meanwhile, in what may be the final kiss of death for the Ground Zero mosque, it received an endorsement from Charles Rangel today.

Speaking at a local TV station he told an interviewer that the mosque opposition is being led by a “very small group and they have succeeded in putting some confusion, arousing confusion and suspicion in a broader base of people and this is unfortunate.”

Supporters of the mosque , including leaders of dozens of Muslim organizations rallied on Wednesday on the steps of New York’s City Hall. Among the demonstrators was New York City Congressman Charlie Rangel who said “this isn’t a problem for Muslims; it’s a problem for Americans in doing the right thing and respecting our constitution.”

Yeah, I guess 70% of Americans is a "very small group" that have a problem.

Oh, in case you needed another affront to your senses, prepare to hurl.

The State Department has handed out overseas nearly 3,000 copies of an Islamic book written by Ground Zero mosque promoter Feisal Abdul Rauf, an imam who asserts publicly that America has killed more Muslims than al Qaeda.

The department is now sponsoring Feisal's fourth trip as a special U.S. emissary to the Muslim world. He made two trips in 2007 during the Bush Administration and one earlier this year to Egypt. Feisal is now visiting Bahrain, Qatar and U.A.E. at a cost to U.S. taxpayers of $16,000.